Memory Scale (WMS-IV) Visual and Verbal Memory Flashcards
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A traumatic brain injury patient shows intact attention but impaired delayed recall on WMS-IV. This pattern is most consistent with:
Answer: A memory consolidation deficit
Preserved attention with poor delayed recall suggests difficulty consolidating new memories.
Which of the following is a primary index in the WMS-IV Adult Battery?
Answer: Immediate Memory Index
The Immediate Memory Index is one of the WMS-IV primary index scores.
If a patient scores much higher on recognition than on free recall of word pairs, the deficit is best characterized as:
Answer: A retrieval deficit
Better recognition than recall indicates information was stored but is hard to retrieve unaided.
The Delayed Memory Index in WMS-IV combines performance from:
Answer: Delayed verbal and visual subtests
The Delayed Memory Index pools delayed-recall performance across both verbal and visual subtests.
Which environmental issue most threatens the validity of a WMS-IV memory assessment?
Answer: Frequent interruptions during delay intervals
Interruptions during the delay can disrupt retention and invalidate delayed-recall scores.
A score classified as 'Borderline' on a WMS-IV index typically falls in which standard-score range?
Answer: 70–79
Standard scores of 70–79 are generally classified as Borderline.
When interpreting WMS-IV, comparing memory scores to WAIS-IV IQ helps identify:
Answer: Memory weakness relative to general ability
An ability-memory discrepancy can reveal memory deficits disproportionate to overall intelligence.